Posts with the tag "progress"

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On being outraged and paying attention


These numbers came into my inbox today:

Number of US citizens (non-military) killed by terrorists in 2005: 56
Amount spent by US government on War on Terror in 2005: $136 billion
Number of people worldwide who died of hunger in 2005: 8,000,000
Amount spent by US government on aid to world's poor in 2005: $4.9 billion

(Sources: US Dept. of [...]